{"id":1038949,"date":"2026-10-28T00:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1038949\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T00:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:21:17","slug":"dolphins-eyeing-rookie-qb-despite-malik-willis-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1038949\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Eyeing Rookie QB Despite Malik Willis Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2275357039-e1793146113783.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Derek Robertson quarterback Jacksonville Jaguars\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>JACKSONVILLE, FL &#8211; MAY 09: Derek Robertson #6 of the Jacksonville Jaguars goes through workout drills during Rookie Mini Camp at Miller Electric Center on May 9, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Don Juan Moore\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Dolphins saw quarterback <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/malik-willis\/\" title=\"Malik Willis\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"557166\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malik Willis<\/a> have easily his best game for the franchise to date last weekend after he saw off the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"New York Jets\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"557162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> in a razor tight 28-25 game.<\/p>\n<p>Willis threw for 208 yards and rushed for 37 more, managing 3 total touchdowns and no interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Dolphins evidently have some concerns about the depth at the position, considering that they worked out rookie QB Derek Robertson on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins held tryouts with a series of tight ends, D-linemen and QB Derek Robertson of Monmouth. <\/p>\n<p>Dolphins Working Out Rookie QB Derek Robertson on Oct. 27<\/p>\n<p>Former Monmouth and Maine QB Derek Robertson was one of eight players trying out for Miami on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>And he may well have the smallest pedigree of the lot. Having gone undrafted back in April, Robertson was bought in by the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Jacksonville Jaguars\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/jacksonville-jaguars\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"557163\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> in May for rookie minicamp. However, the rookie was never offered a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Then, later on in the year in July during training camp, Robertson worked out for the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Minnesota Vikings\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"557164\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> but was once again not signed.<\/p>\n<p>The 6\u20192, 214 lb pro will be hoping that in Miami it is third time lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Robertson Could Add QB Cover on the Practice Squad<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-6518745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793146877_966_GettyImages-2275357039-e1793146113783.jpg\" alt=\"Derek Robertson quarterback Jacksonville Jaguars\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\"\/>GettyJACKSONVILLE, FL \u2013 MAY 09: Derek Robertson #6 of the Jacksonville Jaguars goes through workout drills during Rookie Mini Camp at Miller Electric Center on May 9, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Don Juan Moore\/Getty Images)\n<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his five-year university career, Robertson threw for 10,807 passing yards, with 95 touchdowns and 28 interceptions. However, ability to make plays on the ground will not be a factor, given that he ended his college years with a total of -186 yards rushing.<\/p>\n<p>If he is signed, it will almost certainly be to the practice squad. This could leave room for fellow roookie <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/brady-cook\/\" title=\"Brady Cook\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"557165\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Cook<\/a> to be elevated to the active roster, which would allow the team to have an extra game-day roster spot for a third emergency QB in Cook in case both Willis and McCord go down.<\/p>\n<p>The move would also add extra cover if one of the quarterbacks on the active roster goes down unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/danielarwas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Arwas<\/a> Daniel Arwas is a sports writer who covers the NFL for Heavy.com.\u00a0Daniel began his career in sports writing in 2022 and has covered the NFL and college football for Gridiron Heroics\u00a0and\u00a0The Hammer. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/danielarwas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Daniel Arwas<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty JACKSONVILLE, FL &#8211; MAY 09: Derek Robertson #6 of the Jacksonville Jaguars goes through workout drills during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1038950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2087,6],"class_list":["post-1038949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-dolphins","tag-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117515681029143873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}